you make a decent point abt the current enforcement of rules -- i still see plenty of content n skins that get reported and no action is taken against it [first exhibit: look at banners and sort by "best", and go to the second page]. it honestly makes me worried how staff are going to go around enforcing this rule, too. rules are only as good as the folks that enforce them, so i'm led to believe.
as for your argument about ai, i'm gonna have to respectfully disagree. "slop" is a bit of a "stop thinking and turn your brain off" term -- its meaning is wide, ultimately subjective, but the context is derogatory. it's difficult to slap a solid definition on for those reasons, but there are a few factors that tie in regardless of subjectivity or opinion. in the discussion of ai art, "slop" doesn't just refer to the quality of the piece (although by far the quality is, largely, poor) but also the means of which it was created.
i consider myself a creative. for a lot of artists, myself included, the best part of art is the creation process itself -- the end product is ultimately the goal, don't get me wrong, but it's the experimentation and work that went into it that makes it enjoyable. a bit like a puzzle. the use ai almost completely skips this process. the only experimentation involved was tweaking a few words on a 20-word prompt. the act of creating has been put almost solely into the hands of an unthinking machine, and for a lot of people -- again, myself included -- it removes the meaning of art in the first place. how am i supposed to look at a piece -- or music, in this case -- and find any joy in it knowing that the creator couldnt be damned to make it the first place with their hands? it showcases a lack of care for the craft in the first place.
bit of a long post, lol. ive enjoyed reading your other comments on this thread. it's a very different perspective from myself, and some ways i can understand it. i hope you can get an idea of my perspective -- and a lot of other folks' on this thread -- too.
